Fall 2008
Energia - I am responsible for developing this discipline at UC Brasília. It will look critically at past, present and future of energy in Brazil.
Dinâmica da Paisagem - module on energy and matter cycles in the environment.
Dimensão Sócio-Política do meio Ambiente - module on environmental sociology, environmental history and political ecology.
Métodos de Pesquisa em meio- ambiente - module on qualitative research methods and analysis.
Spring 2008
Short modules in several classes on the PPGA - UC Brasília
Economia e Meio Ambiente - module on environmental economics
Planejamento Ambiental - Module on critical theory, political ecology and green governance
Planejamento e gestão de recursos hídricos- module on social analysis of water resources
Fall 2007
No teaching
Spring 2007
No teaching....
only researching... for biofuels and looking for jobs down in Brazil
Fall 2006
ER290-001 Environmental History, Culture and Policy in Latin America and Caribbean Studies
This graduate seminar course presents a critical examination of scholarly and literary works documenting and studying environmental and social transformations in Latin American and Caribbean bioregions. It investigates how scholars have incorporated nature in their understandings of Latin American and Caribbean history, culture and policy. What approaches do they use to appreciate the role of nature in state formation, cultural identity and policies of development/conservation? How do these studies combine: e.g. primary historical sources and ethnographies, oral histories and statistical data? For what purpose? Class time will be based on discussion of weekly readings, with guest speakers and videos to illustrate aspects of culture, landscape and politics on different regions studied.
LA 258 California Water: an Interdisciplinary Seminar
This seminar studies California water issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, building upon the established California Colloquium on Water, to increase understanding and appreciation of water resources and contribute to informed decision-making about water in California. Each semester, four distinguished scholars in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, law, and environmental design present lectures to students, faculty and the general public. Students in the seminar attend the Colloquium lectures, complete background readings, and meet for two hours on alternate weeks in seminar session to discuss issues raised by the Colloquium presentations and related readings.